This month’s excavation of Harvey Weinstein’s cinematic crimes is a Pride Month special: all about the time Weinstein took the gay out of a movie.
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Elaine May’s 1972 comedy, starring the recently departed Charles Grodin, was an early example of what we now know as “cringe comedy” – yet it cut deeper than its contemporary counterparts.
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A look back at the snow-capped, blood-spattered revenge epic, now streaming on HBO Max and The Criterion Channel.
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George Cukor’s classic movie musical – now available on 4K disc and streaming on Netflix – is a stark reminder of how far the genre has fallen.
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When Andrzej Żuławski’s first and only English-language film debuted at Cannes 40 years ago, the response was (to put it mildly) divided, and its release was a mess. But, like most great movies, it’s found its audience.
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Sergio Corbucci’s influential, much-imitated Spaghetti Western remains thrilling, nasty, and proudly disreputable.
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Tom Cruise was already a superstar when this TV adaptation hit movie screens 25 years ago – but it gave him a durable franchise character to hone and refine for years to come.
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The quintessential contemporary character actor’s four directorial outings dabble in a wide range of styles while raising recurring thematic concerns.
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The actor at the center of Melville’s classic – now streaming on the Criterion Channel – wasn’t really an actor at all. Or was he?
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Even the late, great filmmaker’s critical and commercial “failures” are compelling experiments in adaptation and genre.
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On the anniversary of the action smash’s release, a look back at the attitudes of that precarious era, and why it was such effective propaganda.
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It spawned one of the most ubiquitous memes on the Internet. The rest of the movie (now streaming on HBO Max) is pretty great too.
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